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Fri, 09 Jan 2015 06:55:00 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1By: William Brandhttp://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/2008/08/01/a-new-draft-only-beer-from-ommegang-ommegang-rouge/comment-page-1/#comment-1146
William BrandSat, 02 Aug 2008 02:43:39 +0000http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/?p=1079#comment-1146Great commons Nathan. Personally, I find the Cantillon beers just a bit too aggressively sour. Sometimes, I really like them, other times I’m honestly not sure. But the brewer who keeps that place going is a beer saint and I;m an American unfortunately raised on Coca Cola.

About Roudenbach, I understand that the new importers are serious about keeping the supply lines open. The trick, of course, is an import rep in our area, who cares about the beer and can talk it up to distributors and pubs. And people like you and I. We do have influence. Pub owners and proprietors at good beer stores do listen. Especially, if they try what we suggest and like it.

I truly love both Supplication and La Roja. I spent a happy hour at the GABF in Denver last year at the Jolly Pumpkin booth. They had an amazing assortment of sour beers.

I’ve been hitting German restaurants recently lookkng for Berliner Weisse, haven’t tried it in a few years. So far, no luck. Apparently the sole Weisse imported, I believe it’s Schluheiss, is not coming into the U.S. at this moment. At least thats what the manager at Suppenkuche in San Francisaco told me a couple of week ago.

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Nathan SmithFri, 01 Aug 2008 22:40:52 +0000http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/?p=1079#comment-1145Sours can be some of the most refreshing beers in the world. Nice tart, dry finish. Like a good dry Tripel or IPA, it begs for another sip.

Cantillon Bruocsella is wonderful, nice straight lambic with no carbonation. It really changes the mouthfeel and finish. Compare with a good bottle of Cantillon Iris in the same sitting.

Rodenbach Classic and Grand Cru. Wonderfully refreshing complexity with a little sweet and a little sour, a little brett, a little acetic. Sorry to see these drifting away again for a while because of distribution problems. Classic is sold in cans in Belgium. If I’m ever stuck in a train station in Belgium, I’m going to go looking for cans of Rodenbach to kill the time..

For the American take on these things it’s hard to beat Russian River Supplication. La Roja from Jully Pumpkins is a nice twist on a Flanders Red.

And then there’s the awesome lactic refreshing Schultheiss Berliner Weisse. Who says all Germans make are lagers?

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dannyFri, 01 Aug 2008 22:21:00 +0000http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/?p=1079#comment-1144I’ve learned to love the sours and now seek them out when I can. but I usually can only drink 1-2 a night.

also: tonight is the last night for the Linden street friday thing. at least for a bit. I’ll be there.